Medieval History MCQ
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2The original name of Tansen, the greatest musician of the court of Akbar, was?

(A) Makaranda Pandey

(B) Ramatanu Pande

(C) Haridas

(D) Lal Kalawant

3Of the so-called 'Nine Gems of the Court of Akbar' the one who was a reputed poet of Hindi, was?

(A) Abul Fazl

(B) Faizi

(C) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana

(D) Birbal

4The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was?

(A) Nizamuddin Ahmad

(B) Abdur Qadir Badauni

(C) Abul Fazl

(D) Abdas Khan Arwani

5Akbar granted the present site of Amritsar to the Sikh Guru?

(A) Amar Das

(B) Angad

(C) Ram Das

(D) Arjan

6Mansabdari System was founded by Akbar. The Mansabdars were?

(A) military commanders

(B) provincial governors

(C) high civil and military officers

(D) all of the above

7The most important poet at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni, who wrote Shahnama and is regarded as the "Immortal Homer of the East" was?

(A) Utbi

(B) Firdausi

(C) Alberuni

(D) Baihaqi

8During the course of his numerous invasions, Muhammad Ghori (Before his conquest in the Second Battle of Tarain) was defeated by?

(A) Chalukya king Bhima II of Gujarat

(B) Prithviraja Chauhan III of Ajmer

(C) Both A and B

(D) The Chandela king Paramardi

9Muhammad Ghori laid the foundation of the Turkish Empire in India by defeating?

(A) Prithviraj Chauhan in Second Battle of Tarain

(B) Jayachanda in the Battle of Chandawar

(C) The Chandelas

(D) Both B and C above

10It is said that Muhammad-bin-Bakhtiyar Khalji, one of the commanders of Muhammad Ghuri, conquered Nadia (one of the capitals of Bengal) with only 18 horsemen. The king of Bengal who then fled barefoot from his palace was?

(A) Samantasena

(B) Hemantasena

(C) Ballalasena

(D) Lakshamanasena

11The Buddhist universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila in Bihar were destroyed during the invasions of?

(A) Mahmud of Ghazni

(B) Muhammad Ghori

(C) Bakhtiyar Khalji

(D) All Mardan Khalji

12The real founder of the Sultanate of Delhi and its first dynasty was?

(A) Muhammad Ghuri

(B) Qutub-ud-din-Aibak

(C) Iltutmish

(D) Balban

13From the point of view of the Turkish rule, the most important contribution of IItutmish was?

(A) Establishment of dynastic rule

(B) He was the first Muslim ruler in India to issue coins

(C) He made Delhi the capital of the Sultanate

(D) He organised the Iqta System

14Haziya (the daughter of IItutmish) the only woman ruler in the history of Medieval India ascended the throne with the support of?

(A) the army

(B) the nobility

(C) the people of Delhi

(D) All the above

15The first medieval ruler to propound the divine theory of Kingship was?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Raziya

(C) Balban

(D) Alauddin Khalji

16The firat Sultan of Delhi to cross the Narmada and move to the south was?

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Balban

(C) Alauddin Khalji

(D) Muhammad-bin-Tughluq

17The only known ruler in the history of India to have fixed the prices of different commodities, rigidly enforced quality control and ensured easy availability of essential commodities was?